noun

• Inflammation of the mucous membrane in the bronchial tubes. It typically causes bronchospasm and coughing.

  ‘Rarely, flu can develop into a high fever, acute bronchitis, encephalitis and pneumonia.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Laryngitis may also be a feature of bronchitis, pneumonia, flu or measles.’
  • ‘Sometimes, the colds cause pneumonia or exacerbate chronic bronchitis or asthma.’
  • ‘They all presented with typical symptoms of bronchitis and recurrent sinusitis or otitis.’
  • ‘Over the years, the patient had been hospitalized many times with bronchitis and pneumonia.’
  • ‘Differentiation between pneumonia and acute bronchitis is important because of the therapeutic consequences.’
  • ‘Chronic bronchitis is an inflammation and eventual scarring of the lining of the bronchial tubes.’
  • ‘Sometimes the cough from acute bronchitis lasts for several weeks or months.’
  • ‘This is a viral infection that typically causes conjunctivitis, bronchitis, rash and fever.’
  • ‘Sometimes people with a chronic lung disease such as emphysema or bronchitis can take beta blockers.’
  • ‘Similar issues arise in relation to bronchitis or asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.’
  • ‘It focused on therapy, and chronic bronchitis and emphysema were redefined.’
  • ‘Wilson and colleagues looked at emphysema and chronic bronchitis separately.’
  • ‘Moreover, about half of the subjects with new asthma also reported chronic bronchitis.’
  • ‘Maternal smoking was associated with only wheezy bronchitis and not asthma.’
  • ‘This means it is very bad for people with respiratory problems such as bronchitis and asthma.’
  • ‘A bout of influenza in 1997 developed into bronchitis and pneumonia and put him into hospital.’
  • ‘In a few cases the symptoms appeared within the context of chronic bronchitis or late stage pneumonia.’
  • ‘Some human lung diseases such as chronic bronchitis may leave the patient drowsy or even comatose because of the build up of carbon dioxide in the body.’
  • ‘Pneumonia, bronchitis, and sinus and ear infections are three examples of complications from flu.’